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ReviewImmunotherapy2012

Particle-mediated delivery of cytokines for immunotherapy.

David A Christian, Christopher A Hunter

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Review in Immunotherapy, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
37citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

David A ChristianDepartment of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Christopher A Hunter
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM/RHEUMATIC DISEASEST32AR007442 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BEHRENS, EDWARD M, MERKEL, PETER A · 1986 to 2018
$5.8M
Regulation of the early immune response to toxoplasma gondiiR01AI042334 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI HUNTER, CHRISTOPHER A · 1998 to 2013
$4.1M
NIAID NIH HHS AI-042334NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI042334NIAMS NIH HHS 5-T32-AR-007442-25NIAMS NIH HHS T32 AR007442
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability of cytokines to direct the immune response to vaccination, infection and tumors has motivated their use in therapy to augment or shape immunity. To avoid toxic side effects associated with systemic cytokine administration, several approaches have been developed using particle-encapsulated cytokines to deliver this cargo to specific cell types and tissues. Initial work used cytokine-loaded particles to deliver proinflammatory cytokines to phagocytes to enhance antimicrobial and antitumor responses. These particles have also been used to create a cytokine depot at a local site to supplement prophylactic or antitumor vaccines or injected directly into solid tumors to activate immune cells to eliminate established tumors. Finally, recent advances have revealed that paracrine delivery of cytokines directly to T cells has the potential to enhance T-cell mediated therapies. The studies reviewed here highlight the progress in the last 30 years that has established the potential of particle-mediated cytokine immunotherapy.

Indexed as

Drug Delivery SystemsLiposomesPolymersAnimalsCytokinesHumansImmunotherapyMiceNanoparticlesNeoplasmsT-LymphocytesVaccinesCytokinesLiposomesPolymersVaccines

Identifiers

PMID22512636
PMCPMC3395888
OpenAlexW2064716897

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